2.5.4
Apr 24, 2026
- Fix Resolved a registration loop on multilingual sites (WPML, Polylang) where WordPress's home URL emitted different language paths across requests.
- Fix Hardened the registration retry limiter so it correctly stops repeated requests even when the plugin successfully registers in a loop.
2.5.3
Apr 24, 2026
- Fix Resolved a loop where sites that switched between http and https (for example after enabling SSL via their host) kept re-registering on every page load.
- Tweak Added a safeguard that limits how often the plugin can retry registration when something goes wrong, so it never floods your site or our servers.
2.5.2
Apr 23, 2026
- Fix Deactivating your license works again — no more "License cannot be deactivated" error.
- Fix When your site URL changes, the plugin re-registers your license on the new URL automatically.
- Fix Google reviews from authors with non-Latin names (Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Cyrillic, etc.) no longer disappear.
- Fix Source address now shows under the business name for Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and Facebook.
- Fix Total ratings no longer dips during a provider outage — falls back to last good count.
- Fix Plugin self-heals on next admin load if settings get corrupted by a backup/migration tool.
- Fix Email verification no longer loops when the email was already verified.
- Fix Clicking an expired email verification link no longer throws an error.
- Fix Email verification completes even if your WordPress session has expired.
- Tweak Hardened security on the email verification flow.
- Tweak License deactivation errors now explain the real cause (e.g. license key mismatch).
2.5.0
Apr 2, 2026
- New Review Alerts – Display eye-catching review notification popups on your website to showcase customer feedback and build social proof.
- New 4 Review Alert themes including Minimal, Minimal Dark, Light and Dark variants.
- New Customizable display settings for Review Alerts including position, timing, initial delay, and cycle interval.
- New Page targeting for Review Alerts – display on all pages, specific pages only, or exclude certain pages.
- New WooCommerce page detection for intelligent Review Alert targeting.
- New "See All Reviews" expandable view in Review Alerts loads reviews on click for better performance.
- Tweak Added security fix with rel="noreferrer" on external links.
- Tweak Accessibility improvements for interactive elements.
- Fix Resolved PHP 8.1+ deprecation warning when feed settings were not an array.
2.4.6
– March 10, 2026
- New Added deactivation feedback survey to help improve the plugin.
- Fix Improved block editor performance by eliminating unnecessary database queries on page load.
2.4.5
– March 4, 2026
- Fix Resolved international character encoding issues (æ, ø, å, etc.) in source names causing API errors.
- Fix Improved HTML entity decoding in review content display.
- Tweak Enhanced source identification reliability for API communications.
2.4.4
– Feb 18, 2026
- Fix Resolved Borlabs Cookie 3.x compatibility issue preventing consent detection.
- Fix Improved website registration token handling for better reliability.
2.4.3
– Feb 12, 2026
- Tweak Improved API key handling for all review providers.
- Tweak Saved API keys are now used when adding new sources.
- Tweak Enhanced API communication reliability.
2.4.2
– Feb 6, 2026
- Tweak Plugin hardening and miscellaneous fixes.
2.4.0
– Feb 3, 2026
- New Display reviews from your WooCommerce store as a first-class source. Select individual products, categories, or tags to showcase product reviews anywhere on your site.
- New Full PHP 8.4 compatibility with all deprecation warnings resolved.
- New Feed location tracking to see which pages use each feed before deletion.
- New Pagination for feeds and sources lists in the admin for better management of large numbers of items.
- New Weighted average calculation for multi-product WooCommerce sources review score.
- Tweak Plugin hardening and miscellaneous fixes.
- Fix Improved SQL query patterns to prevent incorrect product ID matching.
- Fix Fixed spelling errors in code.
- Fix Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.3.0
– Dec 9, 2025
- New Integrated GDPR compliance for photos sourced from Google and Yelp.
- New Introduced support for multiple languages in TripAdvisor.
- New Added a two-row carousel feature to enhance visual presentation.
- New Improved the display of source addresses for Google.
- Tweak Added the ability to set breakpoints for the carousel layout to enhance customization options.
- Fix Resolved an issue that prevented review images from displaying correctly after clearing the cache.
- Fix Fixed a problem that caused incorrect reviews to load due to caching system errors.
- Fix Additional plugin hardening.
2.2.0
– May 29, 2025
- New Display user reviews from your Easy Digital Download customers. Boost your social proof and increase conversions by displaying product reviews from EDD.
- Fix Fixed an issue with the Google review translations.
- Fix Fixed the issue that would cause the _load_textdomain_just_in_time deprecation warning.
2.1
– March 25, 2025
- New Added integration with the new Google Places API.
2.0
– January 22, 2025
- New Get Google and Yelp Reviews without an API key. Get weekly feed updates for Google and Yelp reviews without an API key for a limited number of sources. You can still add an API key for more frequent updates and unlimited sources.
- New Display user reviews from form submissions on your site. Reviews submitted with either WPForms or Formidable Forms can now be displayed with the Reviews Feed plugin.
- Tweak Added additional logging to troubleshoot certain feed issues.
- Fix Improved the reliability of the bulk history retrieving when connecting a new source.
- Fix Additional plugin hardening.
1.5.0
– July 24, 2024
- New Get up to 100 historical reviews for a Yelp and Google Source. A one time request will be made to grab up to 100 of the most recent reviews for your sources.
- Important The minimum PHP version is now 7.4.
- Fix Plugin hardening.
- Fix Fixed an issue causing the cache to not work properly. Feeds and headers would not update.
- Fix Miscellaneous fixes and enhancements.
1.4.2
– April 25, 2024
- Fix Fixed an issue that would cause feed sources to update more frequently than intended when many feeds were created.
1.4.1
– March 29, 2024
- Fix Fixed an issue causing feeds to update more frequently than expected.
1.4
– February 21, 2024
- New Added a new feature "Collections". Add new reviews manually or edit existing reviews to create completely curated collections of reviews. Add your collection as a source and display it in a feed.
- Tweak Added load more button in sources list.
- Fix Fixed issue with the header stats not being updated.
- Fix Miscellaneous fixes and enhancements.
1.3.1
– January 5, 2024
- Tweak Added more functionality that protects your Facebook data.
1.3
– October 5, 2023
- New Added support for showing reviews in different languages based on WPML (WordPress Multi-lingual Plugin https://wpml.org/) features. Configure this on the Language & Translation tab for the Settings page.
- New Add a minimum and maximum character length setting to hide short or long reviews if needed. In the feed customizer, visit the Settings tab, Filters sub-tab to configure this setting.
- Tweak A source is automatically selected when it's added in the feed creation process.
- Fix Fixed an issue that would cause reviews to be shorter than expected.
- Fix Fixed the text for expanding reviews.
- Fix Fixed issues and PHP warnings that affected sites using PHP 8.1+.
1.2
– June 28, 2023
- New Added TrustPilot to our list of review providers! If you have a Plus or Elite license, you can now display reviews from any TrustPilot page.
- New Added WordPress.org as a supported review provider! Elite license holders can show reviews from any plugin or theme in the WordPress.org repository.
- Fix Fixed an issue causing duplicate reviews to show for Google sources under certain circumstances.
- Fix Fixed an occasional issue of shortened text showing as a blank review with an asterisk to expand.
- Fix Fixed the default URL to leave a review not working under some circumstances.
1.1.1
– April 26, 2023
- Fix Fixed a bug with the carousel layout causing only the asterisk (…) to show for some review text.
- Fix Manual account connection for Facebook reviews was not working.
- Fix Fixed inaccurate average rating in the header when multiple sources were used in a feed.
- Fix Fixed visual star rating not showing half-stars. For example, an average rating of 4.6 would show 4 of 5 stars filled in the visual star icon.
- Fix Fixed pagination not being available when more than 20 feeds were created.
- Fix Fixed PHP error "undefined index" when header data was not available for a feed.
- Fix Fixed fatal error when installing or updating due to custom script initiation on some hosts.
1.1
– February 15, 2023
- New Added support for Google locale when retrieving reviews. Configure the locale of your Google reviews on the settings page, "Language & Translation" tab for all feeds. Set the locale just for a specific feed on the "Settings" tab, "Language" panel when customizing a feed.
- Fix By default, new reviews are retrieved with no translation.
- Fix Images would be refetched when the cache expired even when they were already available for the feed.
- Fix Fixed issue causing the strings in the plugin to not be translatable through WordPress.
- Fix Fixed undefined constant "GLOB_BRACE" causing errors on some servers.
1.0.1
– January 18, 2023
- Fix Facebook reviews were not filtering by star rating correctly.
- Fix Connecting a TripAdvisor source would not work if using the full URL and the ID of the place was greater than 6 digits.
- Fix Fixed some conflicts with other Smash Balloon products that would cause some visual issues with buttons and icons.
- Fix Removing a source from the plugin will also remove it from the Reviews API to allow changing sources without an API Key if needed.
1.0
– January 11, 2023
- Launched the Reviews Feed Pro plugin!
